The argument goes both ways for WFH.
Some people concentrate better at home because there are no coworkers to distract them. In IT it's common for a band of coworkers to go for a 90min lunch, that's time in the middle of the day that doesn't get used for productivity. Nowadays being home, many ppl are just screwing together a 15min lunch and going back to work because lunch is no longer a social aspect of work.
My office is actively trying to schedule down time during the day so people would socialize(and not succeeding
).
Office space is also a huge thing. My company moved to a new office right when covid wfh happened. I started on March 16 grabbed my laptop and buggered home. There was LOTS of empty desks when I joined. We've since hired so many people this new office no longer has enough seats for everyone (we've doubled our head count).
It's going to be an interesting case going back to the office. There's simply no rush to if the business is functioning well/normally. I wager some companies might never go back to office. Telus was already pushing WFH pretty hard a decade ago, with covid they have minimal desires to bring back workers into an office full time.
The other thing to consider are people with kids and old people at home. The vaccine is approved for adults, but they still can't guarantee you won't carry the virus. It also won't 100% guarantee you won't get sick. I've talked to my manager about this and he understands that people with kids at home won't want to be going to the office everyday.
We are in the market for a bigger place, but fuck me is the market insane.